2012 Family History Benefit Dinner: Michael and Kitty Dukakis

On April 20, 2012, NEHGS hosted its annual dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. The guests of honor, former Governor Michael Dukakis and his wife, Katharine (“Kitty”), were presented a book of their family history with a foreword written especially for the occasion by President Bill Clinton, and both spoke poignantly about their recent travels to Greece, Hungary, France, and Germany researching their families. The event also featured the international book launch of DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait of America, by keynote speaker Bryan Sykes. Proceeds from the event supported the Society’s Connecting Families, Advancing History capital campaign.